MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 28 May 2012
Front Page maemo.org and Nokia 770 turn seven On May 25, 2005, Nokia announced Maemo, the Nokia 770 and maemo.org went live. Ferenc Szekely highlighted the go-live of the community on the community's mailing list. At the time of the launch, GSMArena wrote: “Today Nokia announced the new Linux based Internet Tablet product category, the first device in this category is Nokia 770
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2012.01
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-12-26 through 2012-01-01 As of 2012-01-02 Extras contains: total items 2796 ( 3) total open items 949 ( 1) open bugs 532 ( 2) critical/blocker 41 ( 2) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 4 “crash” 2 “patch” 2 reopened 7 unconfirmed 329 open enhancements 417 ( 1) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 3 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 176 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (3%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (2%) 7938 [BlueMaemo] Connection dies immediately on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.48
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-11-21 through 2011-11-27 As of 2011-11-28 Extras contains: total items 2779 ( 7) total open items 1013 ( 4) open bugs 581 ( 3) critical/blocker 44 ( 1) “easyfix” 5 “moreinfo” 5 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 359 ( 3) open enhancements 432 ( 1) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 187 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 4 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (3%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (1%) 7500 [BlueMaemo] Hardware keyboard doesn’t work in Maemo5 Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes : (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.48
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-11-21 through 2011-11-27 As of 2011-11-28 Extras contains: total items 2779 ( 7) total open items 1013 ( 4) open bugs 581 ( 3) critical/blocker 44 ( 1) “easyfix” 5 “moreinfo” 5 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 359 ( 3) open enhancements 432 ( 1) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 187 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 4 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (3%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (1%) 7500 [BlueMaemo] Hardware keyboard doesn’t work in Maemo5 Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free.
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.48
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-11-21 through 2011-11-27 As of 2011-11-28 Extras contains: total items 2779 ( 7) total open items 1013 ( 4) open bugs 581 ( 3) critical/blocker 44 ( 1) “easyfix” 5 “moreinfo” 5 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 359 ( 3) open enhancements 432 ( 1) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 187 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 4 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (3%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (1%) 7500 [BlueMaemo] Hardware keyboard doesn’t work in Maemo5 Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
Prague, Telepathy and HTML5 IM Client
Hey guys! Last week I’ve attended to GStreamerConf and LinuxConf conferences in Prague, and Siraj and I had the honor of having our current project for Collabora exposed on Collabora’s both.
Smartphone-Powered EEG Makes For Creepy Meetings
The Technical University of Denmark has put together a portable EEG system consisting of a low-cost scalp monitor and a smartphone app. It’s not the biggest technical breakthrough, but I find it comforting to see these pocket computers, more powerful than our PCs were a few years ago, being used for something other than social media and finding the nearest Starbucks
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.38
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-09-12 through 2011-09-18 As of 2011-09-19 Extras contains: total items 2723 ( 20) total open items 998 ( 
open bugs 571 ( 5) critical/blocker 43 ( 1) “easyfix” 6 “moreinfo” 5 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 ( 1) unconfirmed 342 ( 1) open enhancements 427 ( 3) “easyfix” 3 ( 2) “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 ( 1) unconfirmed 184 ( 2) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (+1 this week) (2%) 7938 [BlueMaemo] Connection dies immediately on Mac OS X 10.4.11 (new this week) Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes : (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (+1 this week) (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (-1 this week) (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.36
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-08-29 through 2011-09-04 As of 2011-09-05 Extras contains: total items 2673 ( 19) total open items 981 ( 10) open bugs 570 ( critical/blocker 43 ( 2) “easyfix” 5 ( 2) “moreinfo” 5 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 8 ( 2) unconfirmed 343 ( 1) open enhancements 411 ( 2) “easyfix” 2 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 178 ( 2) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (5%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes (unchanged for 4 weeks): (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote